[mythtv-users] Taking the plunge - General questions about setupand PVR250

[Joseph H. Fry]

It is my understanding that the Sigma cards do not do overlay... they
merely display an mpeg stream... which means that you would need to
encode the myth display and the video together to get the display on the
screen.  I cant imagine that it would be difficult to do so however, and
considering that the sigma cards are only $100 it would be worth it for
the developers to look into I'd say.

Can you say "Finally, a use for that damn Pentium 233 sitting in my
closet"

Actually my local store has stacks of old Dell Pentium Desktops that are
just about perfect for an entertainment center if only they could handle
the output!... only $20 and with an integrated nic and no processor
heatsink needed, and virtually silent PS... God what a dream front end
that would be!

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Joseph A. Caputo
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:48 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Taking the plunge - General questions about
setupand PVR250

But how are the overlays formatted?  Can you just set your X display to
the
decoder board and have that work, or do you need to format each screen
as a
static image?  If the former, no problem; if the latter, this raises the
same issues as pure MPEG; namely, how to take an interactive X (Qt)
interface and convert it to static images.  I don't know anything about
decoders w/overlay, so maybe it's simpler than that, though.

-JAC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Roby Adams
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:28 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Taking the plunge - General questions
about
> setupand PVR250
>
>
> Well you guys are right the PVR-250 does not have outputs and the
> 350 does.
> I know that the 350 would not be able to output the myth display
> IF it does
> not support overlay on the output.
>
> Some decoders do like the Sigma Designs X-card.  It can insert
overlays on
> the video out.  Of course that is a decoder board and is not a
Encoder/PVR
> card.

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